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Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich |
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Fischer-Dieskau, (Albert) Dietrich (1925– )German baritone singer. His intelligently focused and subtly understated interpretations of opera and lieder introduced a new depth and intimacy to a wide-ranging repertoire extending in opera from Christoph Willibald von Gluck to Alban Berg, Hans Werner Henze, and Benjamin Britten, and from Bach arias to lieder of Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, and Arnold Schoenberg. Since 1973 he has also conducted. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Still, Rilling attracted a series of distinguished soloists, from the late American soprano Arleen Auger to baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. At the time he was nearing the completion of his ``Ring'' cycle, with an extraordinary cast that included Birgit Nilsson, Kirsten Flagstad, Regine Crespin, Wolfgang Windgassen, Set Svanholm, James King, George London, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hans Hotter. Previous Laureates have included Leonard Bernstein, Ingmar Bergman, Willem de Kooning, Frank Gehry, Arthur Miller, Akira Kurosawa, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Rem Koolhaas, Mstislav Rostropovich, Christo and Jean Claude, Norman Foster and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. |
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